ANC Statement on the flooding of the ANC website

The African National Congress has noted that someone calling themselves Anonymous and claiming to be the legitimate representative of the people of Zimbabwe has flooded the website of our organisation. This was done through a deliberate assault on tour system called Distributed Denial of Service (DDS) according to which computers send copious amounts of traffic to a site's server until it crashes. Our Website Management Team is currently working on the problem, including assessing means to strengthen our security so that such does not recur in future.

The African National Congress and the South African government, working through the South African Development Community (SADC), continue to work with the Government and people of Zimbabwe to assist them find their own lasting solution to the challenges facing that country. To date, as a result of the efforts of the people of Zimbabwe and SADC, we have seen the successful implementation of critical milestones in the Global Political Agreement including the holding of a free, fair and successful referendum, and the signing into law of a new Constitution of Zimbabwe; significant achievements which have been welcomed and accepted by the people of Zimbabwe.

The African National Congress will not be deterred nor derailed in the efforts to assist, where requested, in Zimbabwe or elsewhere on the continent. Acts of deliberate sabotage such as the one on our website should serve only to strengthen the resolve of all stakeholders to constructively engage in a free and democratic manner.

Statement issued by Jackson Mthembu, ANC national spokesperson, June 14 2013

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